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Bev has been in and out of the local hospital the last month with strange pains, fevers, low energy and extremely low Iron. She's not well.

But the pain medication has now messed with her kidney and they still haven't found what is causing the pains so she was transferred yesterday to the main hospital at Coolangatta for detailed testing.

I visited her locally last Thurs and she was in fairly good spirits although said she had been really 'out of it' on the pain medication the previous two days. Good ol' Sjogren's complications!

BUT she just contacted me urgently for me to ask - have any of you had a kidney biopsy and if so were there any complications because of Sjogren's or Lupus? Because they want to give her a biopsy but she is worried about complications.

Bev needs to know in the next day or two so if you have any information please comment below or email admin@sjogrens.org.au

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Hi, I have SS as well as APS, (antiphospholipid syndrome, also known as Hughes syndrome), I had to have a liver biopsy a few years ago for investigations of liver pain & an enlarged liver. All risks were explained to me, no additional risks were added because of the SS or APS, but I had to alter & stop my blood thinners prior to the biopsy & have close management of re introducing them after.

Wishing Bev a speedy recovery..

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Its been a few days now-how is Bev doing? Hoping for a speedy recovery x

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